APC in Lagos warns opposition coalition is unstable, citing ego clashes and deep divisions undermining efforts against Tinubu’s re-election
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State has warned that moves by opposition parties to form a coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election are on the verge of collapse.
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The warning was issued by the party’s spokesman, Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Friday.
Oladejo said the coalition talks were undermined by competing personal ambitions and a lack of cohesion.
He described the arrangement as “unstable and driven mainly by power struggle.”
“What is being marketed as a coalition is, in reality, a congregation of serial presidential aspirants, each unwilling to subordinate ego to collective purpose,” Oladejo said.
The APC spokesman added that the opposition grouping lacked “ideological glue, moral cohesion, or a shared vision for Nigeria beyond a desperate fixation on power.”
He maintained that coalitions rely on compromise, while this one “suffocates under entitlement.”
Oladejo further highlighted public ultimatums and pre-conditions among opposition leaders, arguing that demands for guaranteed presidential or vice-presidential tickets had replaced consensus-building.
He also noted that appeals urging supporters to cease attacking one another were evidence of worsening internal hostility, describing the coalition as a “fragile contraption wobbling under the weight of personal ambitions, mutual distrust, and irreconcilable contradictions.”
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The statement reflects APC’s efforts to portray the opposition as disunited ahead of upcoming elections and to consolidate support for Tinubu’s re-election campaign.
